Agricultural utensil.



Patented May 20, I902.

E. M; GRUMMT. AGRICULTURAL UTENSIL.

Application filed Mar. 30, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST MAX GRUMMT, OF GEI JENAU, GERMANY.

AGRICULTURAL UTENSIL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Le'tters'latent No. 700,192, dated May 20,1902.

Application filed March 30, 1901. Serial No. 53,749- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST MAX GRUMMT, av

subject of the King of Saxony, and a resident of Gelenau, Saxony,Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in AgriculturalUtensils, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to agricultural utensils, and moreparticularly to that class of implements employed for extracting weeds;and the invention consists of the details of construction hereinafterset forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In order to render the present'specification easily intelligible,reference-is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similarletters'of reference denote similar parts throughout both views.

, the said prongs will engage one set between the members of theopposite set.

of the arms I) b below'the'pivot c are curved, so that the prongs eelwill point inwardly toward each other, leaving a space above thetransverse bars 61 (1 when the tongs'are entirely closed, as indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 2. t

The device operates in the following manner: The tongs are first opened,so that the sets of prongs stand a corresponding-distance The partsapart, and then the said sets of prongs are inserted into the soil ateach side of the weed to be extracted. The handles a a are then pressedtogether without,ho wever,raising the implement from its position in thesoil. The sets of prongs will consequently cross each other about theweed to be extracted and the point of their meeting will be graduallyraised as the handles m are closed one against the other. This movementupward of the point of crossing of the prongs will extract the weedwithout breaking its roots, the distance between the prongs beingsufficient to allow room for the root without breaking or cutting itoff. The implement may then b'e'taken out of the soil and theoperationwill, in addition to havingextracted the weed, have loosenedthe soil at the point at which it was inserted.

Any number of prongs may be employed. In the present case one set iscomposed of six prongs and the opposite set of seven, which numbersuffices for ordinary purposes.

I claim as my invention- An agricultural implement for extracting rootswithout damaging the same, consisting of a pair of arms, pivotedtogether shear-like and having the end below the pivot bent inwardlytoward each other and a set'of straight prongs mounted at each end andhaving the members of one set engaging between those. of the other inthe manner and for the pur= pose substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

' ERNST MAX GRUMMT.

Witnesses:

PAUL FABIAN, FREDERICK J. DIETZMEN.

